Meet the editor

Prof. Dr. Sándor Kukovics spent 40 years at the Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition (Herceghalom, Hungary) being responsible for the small ruminants sector. He also edited 30 books, published more than 1,000 articles and has licences for 4 products. Besides research work, he has been taking part in undergraduate and further education from various universities (in Debrecen, Mosonmagyaróvár, Gödöllő, Kaposvár). Since 1996 he

has been the President of the Hungarian Sheep and Goat Dairying Public Utility Association. He has been the Executive Manager of Sheep and Goat Products' Board and Inter-professional Organisation since 2010. Between 2015 and 2019 he served as Vice President of the EU COPA-COGECA Working Party on Sheep and Goats and he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the International Goat Association since 2016. As an expert he has been taking part in the activities of several special groups in the EU working with small ruminants since 2004.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Merida Roets*

Systems

**Preface XI**

Goats and Breeds **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 23**

**Chapter 3 43**

**Chapter 4 57**

Kashmir - Pashmina **81**

**Chapter 5 83**

**Chapter 6 101**

Goats in the Ancient Near East and Their Relationship with the Mythology, Fairytale and Folklore of These Cultures

*by Ana Guerrero, José Alfonso Abecia and Carlos Sañudo*

Breeds and Breeding System of Indigenous and Crossbred

Pashmina Goat Farming in Cold Arid Desert of Changthang and Its Impact on Economy of Changpa Nomads of This Region

*by Nirajan Bhattarai, Neena Amatya Gorkhali, Manaraj Kolakshyapati* 

Local Goat Breeds in the United States

New Look on an Ancient Fiber of Cashmere

*by Akeel Bashir Beigh and Samina Bashir*

*by D. Phillip Sponenberg*

Goats in Nepal

**Section 2**

*and Saroj Sapkota*

*by Seyed Abbas Rafat*

The Goat Sector in Spain: Situation, Local Breeds, and Production
